51. There has been no sexual abuse scandal here as in the United States, and pedophilia is not seen as a problem in the South African clergy. 52. This is one of the collateral issues suddenly hoisted into full view by the sex abuse scandal that has roiled the Roman Catholic Church since January. 53. This is the first time that the sexual abuse scandal has tainted an archbishop in the United States. 54. To his credit, Pope John Paul II will address the sexual abuse scandal in the church when he meets with American archbishops beginning Tuesday. 55. Why, then, has the sexual abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church turned into a referendum on homosexual priests in the pulpit? 56. Parishioner Lisa Oliver said Hausen used coarse language in telling people they should be angry about the child sexual abuse scandal rocking the church. 57. Pirro said she had requested the release during a meeting earlier this month between prosecutors and church lawyers as the priest-sex abuse scandal widened. 58. Pope John Paul II has summoned American cardinals to the Vatican for an extraordinary meeting to talk about sex abuse scandals in the U.S. church. 59. A confident Cardinal Bernard Law was interrupted by applause Sunday when he vowed he would not step down despite increasing pressure from a child sex abuse scandal. 60. A female recruit wept Tuesday while testifying that a U.S. Army sergeant raped her at a Darmstadt training center that is the focus of a sex abuse scandal. |